Mothering in the third person : the absent mother of French and English cinema, 1959-1979

This thesis explores the tensions between the cultural construction of motherhood as a discourse and the complex subjectivities of individuals who mother, through analysing representations of mothers in French and English cinema. It begins with a theoretical background on discourses of motherhood in...

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Main Author: Powell, M. L.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2018
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.747593